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Tony,
You can try to use body force load types available in Robot or the devoted part of Robot Extension Spreadsheet Calculator (mind that W7 64bit is not supported by the RESC wave load generator).
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Artur Kosakowski
Thanks Artur,
Problem is, all of our PC's at work just got upgraded to Win 7 64 bit 
So..........is there a work around?
Tony
I'm sorry I meant W7 64bit and MS Office 2010 both 32 and 64 bit (no workaround available).
The generator should work on W7 64bit and MS Office 2007.
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Artur Kosakowski
If you are able to import a model from Robot then you are the only person I know who is so lucky. Perhaps this is due to the fact that your part of the world is 'upside down' 
Artur Kosakowski
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It imports, but the screen flickers like crazy and makes you go mad 
But it seems to export out the loads back into Robot
Only works at home though, not at work....................
Mate to be honest I gave up trying to make it work as the whole thing got a bit hard. I don't do wave loading in my work anyway but was investigating it for some colleagues.
My thoughts / suggestions;
- If you work with wave loading all day every day, then it would be worth the time to do the API. But then if you DO work in this field then you probably already have SAP or similar which can do wave loading reasonably well. In this case the Robot API may be a bit redundant.
- If you only do this as a one off than it's probably better to go find a SAP (for example) user rather than spend days writing code for an API in Robot.
- Hack the ESOP spreadsheet to make it work properly.
- If you do end up writing an API, please post it here!!
Sorry I couldn't be more help.
Tony
Try to replace the original dll with the attached one (C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2013\RESC\Engineering\lib\00\ROBOT). This should allow you to import a model from Robot and generate wave loads back in Robot but will not solve the model display issue in SC.
Artur Kosakowski
Tony and Andy,
Am I right in assuming that the file I attached allowed for importing models from Robot the the wave loader sheet?
Thank you for confirmation
Artur Kosakowski
Artur,
I replaced the dll as instructed.
The model imports beautifully from Robot and all the wave load parameters are able to be editied.
It seems to be working well.
Problems;
- The graphical display is still greyed out, until you double click on it and move around it. Then it flickers a lot.
- The FIRST time you click "generate", an error appears "Wave.EXE has stopped working", but the loads are still imported into Robot.
- Go into Robot, dete loads and load cases. Then press "generate" in ESOP for a second time. This time the loads come through with no error.
So yes it works well.
Still not 100% bug free though.
Thanks a lot
Tony
Thank you Tony. As I wrote the file I posted is not intended for solving the display issue. I'm pleased to hear that it works for data exchange.
Artur Kosakowski
Artur,
Can you publish help to this spreadsheet if it exist? Thank you.
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If you have RESC installed then check C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2013\RESC\Engineering\help\44\ROBOT\44ROBOT_COM_014\44ROBOT_COM_014.htm
Otherwise see the attached pdf.
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